. >> we spoke with tim kaine after the decision to increase joint exercises in poland. services andarmed foreign relations committee relations committee. if there was talk about military intervention there, we would know. >> instead he said sanctions could do the trick but work best when other countries back them and few are stepping up. -- he is running a government where if you are an opponent, rock and he does not like, you go to jail. a country who does something he does not like, he engages in military activity. there is not reasoning with him. >> the secretary john kerry was able -- unable to get both sides to the targeting table. >> all parties agreed today it is important to try to resolve the issues through dialogue. >> ending back to the idea of trying to get major allies on board with opposing -- imposing sanctions, president obama did and perhapsameron, germany. these countries do a lot more business with russia than we do so it is a more sensitive topic for them. we heard from hillary clinton today about the situation in the ukraine. she says vladimir putin

i'm joined by one of the participants, senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia.ing to you, sir. >> chuck, good morning to you with you. >> glasses half full for those climate change activists, seeing 30 democrats doing what you did last night. glass is half empty. they see 20 democrats, including those in the toughest fights in 2014 duck the issue for fear that it could be used against them. how do you assess the politics of this? >> you know, in virginia, chuck, and as i think you have pointed out, virginia might be the best bellwether state in america in terms of the match for the electorate and national electorate. i ran for the senate in 2012 and we asked them. and overwhelmingly, what virginians think is this. that the science that demonstrates a connection between human activity and climate change is real. we believe it. and we need to do something about it. now, what exactly to do about it and how quickly is the subject of a lot of debate. but virginians are overwhelmingly pro-science. they're worried about effects on ag. >> let me ask you about the do som

speaking now, senator tim kaine. nighter speaking on this come from states that have coal and that produce coal and virginia does. i want to talk about coal for a second. e.p.a. is expected to issue standards later this year about reducing pollution from coal-fired power plants, and in fact there is already talk on the other side of introducing a bill to reduce that -- repeal the regulations before the regulations even come out. i'm not exactly sure that's kosher, but i suspect we'll be having that debate later. there is a natural anxiety in a coal-producing region like southwest virginia. that's where my wife's family is --and entered tim kaine senator tim kaine, several hours into an online discussion on climate change. this is the 35th all-night session in senate history and you can see it all live on c-span 2. pressay's white house briefing, secretary jay carney was asked about the session. climate change, senate democrats are having an all nighter to talk about the issue. does the white house support this? folks

democrat senator tim kaine a virginia may the demand saying, why would we embrace tar sands oil and backside a dirtier tomorrow? senators are up for reelection in the category of -- democratic category and are going to be disadvantaged if the senate democrats make a big issue out of the xl pipeline. i think the other read is, a lot of these editors think president obama is going to approve it. half of the pipeline is already built. that the pipe piled up and ready to go. it doesn't look good. it doesn't look good for turning that pipeline down. but you never know what can happen. >> i want to ask about the behavior of u.s. regulators in the days after the meltdown at that addition of power station which happened three years ago this week in japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami. internal e-mails revealed by nbcnews shows the nuclear regulatory commission made a concerted effort to downplay the potential of a similar crisis are occurring on u.s. soil. refusingign included to answer media questions on disaster preparedness, spinning journalists on key data, and even hiding japanese

senator tim kaine of virginia made the demand saying -- "why would we embrace tar sands oil and backside to a dirtier tomorrow?" as the senate held its, filibuster, protest actions against the keystone xl continue nationwide. over 20 people were arrested outside the federal building in philadelphia on monday, protesting the conclusions of the state department report that said the pipeline's construction would not have a significant impact on climate change. meanwhile, it appears the state department made a key air and assessing the keystone xl's and terminal impact. in its report, the state department said the pipeline would have little impact on tar sands extraction either way because the oil easily be moved by rail should the keystone xl be rejected. the report cited industry projections of moving around 200,000 barrels of oil per day by train. according to reuters, the company behind the pipeline, transcanada, has moved just one quarter of that amount during its peak deliveries of oil by rail. the senate overwhelmingly approved a measure to overhaul prosecution of sexual assault in th

tim kaine spoke about the importance of innovation. the senator from maine spoke about the importance of markets and making sure that our inventions and innovations in trying to solve these problems are also shared internationally. i think these are great and important insights. one of the things i wanted to bring to the floor today first was insights from my own home state of delaware where our goafn, jack markell, has impaneled a sea level rise advisory committee starting in 2010 that looked hard at how climate change might affect my home state. at just 60 feet, delaware has the lowest mean elevation of any state in the country, and already makes it more susceptible to sea level rise than almost any state in the country. in my state of delaware we have and will continue to see the impact of climate change on our businesses, our communities, and our local environment. and as the sea level rises, we're seeing the effects more and more. sea level rises essentially for two reasons. first, as the planet's ice sheets melt, they add to the